The ABA Section of International Law has announced the dates and location of its spring and fall 2009 meetings.

The section's Spring 2009 meeting will be held April 14-18, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (The Spring meeting fluctuates each year between New York City and Washington DC, and 2009 is the year for Washington). The meeting is a not-to-be-missed event, always well attended because of its high quality programs and in international business law, international dispute resolution, public international law, international trade law and other international topics of interest to lawyers with a cross-border practice. April in Washington is also a lovely time of year to visit the city.

The Section of International Law will hold a leadership retreat in Wisconsin in the last week of July, just before the ABA annual meeting in Chicago. The leadership retreat is open to section leaders . . . and to section members who would like to become section leaders.

The section's Fall 2009 meeting will be held October 27-31, 2009 at the Eden Roc Renaissance Beach Resort and Spa in Miami Beach, Florida. More than 800 international lawyers from around the world are expected to attend, with more than 70 programs of interest to lawyers with a cross-border practice, and of course international law professors and other readers of this blog who have an interest in international law issues.